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Quick Food Safety Audit

by Joe Wooten, from the Community

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Use this quick food safety audit checklist to verify day-to-day food hygiene and compliance in restaurants and food service. Items include handwashing supplies and access, sanitizer bucket concentration with test strips, separation and cleaning of soiled raw wares, correct glove use for raw and ready-to-eat foods, proper food covering and storage, chemical segregation, pest-free conditions, refrigeration codes and secondary shelf life marking, sourcing from approved suppliers, employee health, no personal food in service areas, and closed dumpster lids.

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